Lower secondary completion in Timor-Leste

Name: Lower secondary completion in Timor-Leste
Creator: UNESCO UIS
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

In Timor-Leste, 66.0% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2016.

Completion rate, lower secondary education % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2009 to 2016 Source: UNESCO UIS

The latest value for Timor-Leste is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2019.

Timor-Leste, 2016 66.0% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age

Change from 2009 +22.2percentage points 2009: 43.9%

Lower secondary completion in Timor-Leste over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2009 to 2016
Period	Timor-Leste
2016	66.0%
2009	43.9%

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In short

The previous available figure was 43.9% in 2009, a change of +22.2 percentage points.

More for Timor-Leste

All statistics for Timor-Leste

Primary completion (UIS) 80.7% 2016 · UNESCO UIS Upper secondary completion 52.0% 2016 · UNESCO UIS ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 29.0% 2025 · ILOSTAT Out-of-school children 6.9% 2023 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 13.5% 2020 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school youth 26.6% 2020 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer: UNESCO UIS
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code: CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2009 to 2016 for Timor-Leste
Provider update: Not stated by the provider
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org

Timor-Leste by sex

Total 66.0%2016
Girls 69.7%2016
Boys 62.6%2016

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What this measures

Share of young people aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of lower secondary school who have completed lower secondary education (SDG indicator 4.1.2).

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